A Long March 3A rocket will launch a Beidou navigation satellite for the Chinese
government. [Dec. 16]

India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) will launch the GSAT 5
communications satellite to cover India, Asia, Africa and parts of Europe. The
satellite is also called INSAT 4D. The rocket will fly in the GSLV Mk.1
configuration with a Russian cryogenic third stage. The mission is codenamed
GSLV-F06. [Dec. 11]

A Russian government Zenit 3F rocket will launch the first Electro-L weather
satellite. The rocket will use a Fregat upper stage to boost the spacecraft to
geosynchronous orbit. The Electro-L satellite will collect visible and infrared
satellite imagery for Russian meteorologists. [Dec. 11]

Arianespace Flight 199 will use an Ariane 5 rocket with a cryogenic upper stage
to launch the Spanish Hispasat 1E communications satellite to serve Europe,
North America and South America. The Koreasat 6 broadcasting satellite will also
launch on the Ariane 5 for South Korea. Delayed from Dec. 21. [Dec. 14]

The United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket will launch a classified spy
satellite cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The largest of the
Delta 4 family, the Heavy version features three Common Booster Cores mounted
together to form a triple-body rocket. Delayed from Dec. 1. Moved up from Jan.
15. [Oct. 27]

STS-133 will be the 35th U.S. mission to the International Space Station. The
flight will carry the fourth ExPRESS Logistics Carrier with spare parts for the
station. Discovery will also deliver the Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM).
Delayed from Nov. 1 and Nov. 2. Moved again from Nov. 3 by main engine
controller issue. Scrubbed on Nov. 4 by weather. Scrubbed on Nov. 5 for gaseous
hydrogen leak on ground umbilical carrier plate. Delayed from Nov. 30, Dec. 3
and Dec. 17 due to external tank stringer cracks. See our Mission Status Center.
[Dec. 4]

The Air Force Minotaur 1 rocket will launch a classified satellite payload for
the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. Moved up from March. [Nov. 23]

An ISC Kosmotras Dnepr rocket will launch the Sich 2 Earth observation satellite
for Ukraine, the NigeriaSat 2 and NigeriaSat X remote sensing satellites for
Nigeria, the RASAT demonstration satellite for Turkey, the EduSAT spacecraft for
the University of Rome, and other payloads. Delayed from December. [Nov. 26]

Arianespace Flight 200 will use an Ariane 5 ES rocket to launch the European
Space Agency's second Automated Transfer Vehicle, named Johannes Kepler. The ATV
is a cargo-carrying spacecraft to deliver supplies and equipment to the orbiting
International Space Station. Delayed from December. [Dec. 17]